@Graham Kuzek as others noted, whether you claim the benefit of depreciation or not, you are obligated to report depreciation recapture.

Good lenders will not be ultra low, we need to mitigate risk which can benefit you from getting involved in a bad deal

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Personally I'd like to buy the property before anything else as while the cashflow is nice, you are not benefitting in other ways such as appreciation and depreciation.  

A clause holding seller responsible for all damages, including attorneys fees, related to removing the seller from the house.Now you may still get all of those things in a court of law; a person cannot sell their house, benefit from the proceeds, and then squat on the property (even in California!).

I think time is the biggest benefit on an investor's side, so I want to take action and get on to the next one. 

We own our primary residence, have always taken the standard tax deduction, have 4 children, one graduating high school this year, have never owned a business, don’t know what could possibly be written off or what needs to be saved throughout the process, and would prefer to have a cpa and attorney assist with the set up of an LLC to ensure we’re getting the most tax benefits and asset liability protection as well. 

Hi @Joseph DoddsIt would benefit you to speak with a local lender or a mortgage broker that can make this happen.

The pass through tax benefits of a syndication, if invested via an LLC, would ultimately pass to you, the owner, anyway.

From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.